1st Edition
The Evolution of Black Women in Television Mammies, Matriarchs and Mistresses
Introduction
1. Black Women Behind the Lens
2. Maternal Mammies and Mainstream Matriarchs
3. Multidimensional Mistresses
4. Black Women as a Television Audience
Conclusion
Biography
Imani M. Cheers is Assistant Professor in the School of Media and Public Affairs at The George Washington University, USA.
"As a resource for women and gender studies, this text will draw readers in with its accessible language and broad, patient review of mass media culture. Cheers employs Black tele-vision favorites as diverse examples of America’s lexicon and imagery for Black female sexuality. She ad vances a feminist quest to consider how Black women are a force — an evolv-ing, agential force — in their own media representations. Boldly, she centers a powerful influence radiat-ing from everyday women desiring to see themselves."
- Alexandra Cunningham, RGWS: A Feminist Review
